A car splashes through a puddle on the I-10 service road during wet weather Monday afternoon. Holiday travelers will be contending with cold, wet weather in addition to traffic this Thanksgiving, as a large cold front is forecast to move through the region over the course of the week.
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A car splashes through a puddle on the I-10 service road during wet weather Monday afternoon. Holiday travelers will be contending with cold, wet weather in addition to traffic this Thanksgiving, as a large ... more

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A Toys-R-Us 18-wheeler traveling southbound on U.S. 69 jack-knifed and shut down all lanes at approximately 6 p.m. Monday, Beaumont Police Officer Joe Ornelas said. Lanes slowly opened, but by 7 p.m. the roadway had been cleared. No injuries were reported.
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A Toys-R-Us 18-wheeler traveling southbound on U.S. 69 jack-knifed and shut down all lanes at approximately 6 p.m. Monday, Beaumont Police Officer Joe Ornelas said. Lanes slowly opened, but by 7 p.m. the ... more

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Drivers head down the I-10 service road during wet weather Monday afternoon. Holiday travelers will be contending with cold, wet weather in addition to traffic this Thanksgiving, as a large cold front is forecast to move through the region over the course of the week.
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Drivers head down the I-10 service road during wet weather Monday afternoon. Holiday travelers will be contending with cold, wet weather in addition to traffic this Thanksgiving, as a large cold front is ... more

Photo: Jake Daniels

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A car splashes through a puddle on the I-10 service road during wet weather Monday afternoon. Holiday travelers will be contending with cold, wet weather in addition to traffic this Thanksgiving, as a large cold front is forecast to move through the region over the course of the week.
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Jake Daniels/@JakeD_in_SETX less

A car splashes through a puddle on the I-10 service road during wet weather Monday afternoon. Holiday travelers will be contending with cold, wet weather in addition to traffic this Thanksgiving, as a large ... more

Photo: Jake Daniels

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Drivers head down the I-10 service road during wet weather Monday afternoon. Holiday travelers will be contending with cold, wet weather in addition to traffic this Thanksgiving, as a large cold front is forecast to move through the region over the course of the week.
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Jake Daniels/@JakeD_in_SETX less

Drivers head down the I-10 service road during wet weather Monday afternoon. Holiday travelers will be contending with cold, wet weather in addition to traffic this Thanksgiving, as a large cold front is ... more

Photo: Jake Daniels

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Vehicles travel down the I-10 service road after exiting the interstate Monday afternoon. Holiday travelers will be contending with cold, wet weather in addition to traffic this Thanksgiving, as a large cold front is forecast to move through the region over the course of the week.
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Vehicles travel down the I-10 service road after exiting the interstate Monday afternoon. Holiday travelers will be contending with cold, wet weather in addition to traffic this Thanksgiving, as a large cold ... more

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A car splashes through a puddle on the I-10 service road during wet weather Monday afternoon. Holiday travelers will be contending with cold, wet weather in addition to traffic this Thanksgiving, as a large cold front is forecast to move through the region over the course of the week.
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Jake Daniels/@JakeD_in_SETX less

A car splashes through a puddle on the I-10 service road during wet weather Monday afternoon. Holiday travelers will be contending with cold, wet weather in addition to traffic this Thanksgiving, as a large ... more

Photo: Jake Daniels

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Roads should dry up Thursday, but travel with care

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A storm system that caused at least 10 deaths, half of them in Texas, headed east Monday and is expected to bring snow, rain and strong winds that may disrupt Thanksgiving travel over the northeastern U.S. but spare Texas the worst of the inclement weather.

Nearly 300 American Airlines and American Eagle flights were canceled in and out of Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport on Monday because of the weather, spokeswoman Laura Masvidal said, mirroring disruptions at the air hub a day earlier.

The headaches could continue with some of the country's busiest airports - New York, Washington D.C., Philadelphia, Boston and Charlotte, N.C. - potentially experiencing big delays today and Wednesday.

In Southeast Texas, cold rain will fall through today - from two to four inches - but none of it is expected to freeze because conditions are too warm, or not cold enough, depending on one's point of view, the National Weather Service said.

By Thursday wakeup - Thanksgiving Day - a hard freeze could wrench apart unprotected pipes because overnight temperatures from Wednesday could reach down into the mid- to upper 20s, said Andy Tingler, National Weather Service meteorologist with the National Weather Service's Lake Charles, La., office.

Tonight, the Jasper area could see some frozen precipitation, but it's an issue of timing as drier air moves in to replace today's widespread moisture, Tingler said.

A high for Thursday could be low 50s with 60s forecast for Friday and Saturday and back into the 70s for Sunday.

Roger Erickson, warning coordinator meteorologist with the weather service, said cold temperatures are in store but doubts measurable sleet or snow is likely.

Rain should be ending tonight before the temperature gets down to freezing by Wednesday morning, Erickson said.

Rains on Monday didn't have too much of an effect on early Thanksgiving air travel out of Houston. Houston's airports reported only a handful of delays during the morning and afternoon, according to airport data.

Monday afternoon, Bush Intercontinental experienced very low levels of delays and Hobby Airport registered moderate levels, according to data collected by Flight Stats, which analyzes flight data for U.S. airports and airlines.

Several flights were cancelled Monday morning flying to Dallas from Hobby. Dallas experienced an excessive number of delays and cancellations, related to the weather, according to Flight Stats.

Delays could worsen beginning today as a large storm produces rain along the East Coast, and snow in the northeastern United States, with the poor weather continuing on Wednesday.

"We are keeping our eyes on the weather and will be prepared to assist the airlines in case there are considerable delays and cancellations which will affect our passengers," said Houston Airport System spokeswoman Darian Ward. "We have additional staffing during the holiday and we can reach out to our concession partners in case they need to stay open later or open earlier."

The Houston Airport System recently said it expected 1.4 million travelers during this holiday week.

According to the American Automobile Association, an estimated 43.4 million Americans will journey 50 miles or more from home during the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, a decrease of 1.5 percent from the 44 million people who traveled last year. This decrease falls just shy of last Thanksgiving's four-year peak since the recession-driven declines in 2008-2009 when Thanksgiving travel fell by 25 percent.